Last week, we continued our Social Studies unit, “History & the Past.” Students learned about how people in the past lived, and how tools and the farming industry have changed. 

This week, students will learn about how the fishing industry has changed and then compare it with the farming industry. Toward the end of the week, students will learn about how immigration has changed from the past to the present. 

Donation request:  

I am trying to put together a hands-on timeline of the telephone. I have a rotary phone from the 1950’s, a corded push-button phone from the 1980’s, and the school’s classroom phone.  

• I am looking for a donation of a “Fisher-Price Toddler Pull Toy Chatter Telephone with Rotary Dial and Wheels” that students can use to see how the rotary mechanism works. My antique rotary phone is currently broken, and I cannot allow students to touch it.  
• I would also like to have a cordless phone that was popular in the 1990s.
• Lastly, I would love to have an old Nokia or similar early cell phone. 

If you have one of these phones and are looking to part with them, our class would love to give them a new home!